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Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality,' urges them to move faster (www.cnbc.com)

At a recent all-hands meeting, Google search head Prabhakar Raghavan told employees that the world is changing and they have to adjust.

AI Is Poisoning Reddit to Promote Products and Game Google With 'Parasite SEO' (www.404media.co)

It’s the End of the Web as We Know It (www.theatlantic.com)

Paedophiles create nude AI images of children to extort from them, says charity | Internet safety | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

Internet Watch Foundation has found a manual on dark web encouraging criminals to use software tools that remove clothing. The manipulated image could then be used against the child to blackmail them into sending more graphic content, the IWF said.

Internet Archive: Huge collection of amateur radio equipment manuals (archive.org)

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Tesla slashes vehicle and self-driving-ish software prices as shares plummet (www.theregister.com)

Senate Passes Bill That Could Ban TikTok, Biden Expected to Sign (www.rollingstone.com)

Google fires more workers after CEO says workplace isn’t for politics (wapo.st)

Instagram Advertises Nonconsensual AI Nude Apps (www.404media.co)

Instagram is profiting from several ads that invite people to create nonconsensual nude images with AI image generation apps, once again showing that some of the most harmful applications of AI tools are not hidden on the dark corners of the internet, but are actively promoted to users by social media companies unable or...

Apple AirPods are designed to die: Here’s what you should know (pirg.org)

Meet QDEL, the backlight-less display tech that could replace OLED in premium TVs (arstechnica.com)

Framwork announces $18M in Funding! + Framework’s Series A-1 and Community Participation (frame.work)

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Biden signs bill criticized as “major expansion of warrantless surveillance” (arstechnica.com)

NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth (blogs.nasa.gov)

Facebook opens its Android-based Quest operating system to other VR device makers – OSnews (www.osnews.com)

Proton Mail adds Dark Web Monitoring to its data leak detection service (alternativeto.net)

TechScape: No WhatsApp in China, no TikTok in the US, and the return of Llama | Technology | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

While Apple removed the platform from App Stores without a squeak of public protest, its battle with the EU rages on....

Lawsuit alleges Grindr illegally shared users' HIV status, sensitive data with third-party advertisers. (www.theregister.com)

Hundreds have joined a UK class action lawsuit against LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr, seeking damages over a historical case of the company allegedly forwarding users’ HIV status as well as other sensitive data to third-party advertisers....

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